By Madison Williams Team USA’s snowboarding star came out strong in the halfpipe final, becoming the first woman to repeat her Olympic title. Chloe Kim showed up to the snowboard halfpipe final ready to defend her gold medal. On Thursday morning in Beijing, she did just that. The American snowboarder became the first woman to win two halfpipe snowboarding gold medals in Olympic history after a brilliant first run in the final round. Kim finished with a score of 94.00 in that run, four points higher than second place. Kim, who posted the best score in the qualifying round on Tuesday, couldn’t h…